Note: Low resolution, dark, fluttering, film-to-tape transfer (shot off the wall). Additional Title: Home Movies of Oakland

Description: Footage of speed boat races on Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park, during the 1940s and 1950s.

Note on original tape: 1. Lake Merritt - 1950's - Super 8mm - Color 2. Lake Merritt - 1940's - B/W - 16mm 3. Circus - 1940's - 16mm 4. Speed Boats - 1940's - 16mm 5. Lake Merritt - 1940's - 16mm 6. Fountain - 1940's - 16mm 7. This is your Town 8. Merry Christmas - by W. S. Moyle - 8mm.

Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/2 inch videotape

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Digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

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